Illustration of robotic servicing mission to attach a new sensor to a U.S. military satellite. Credit: Katalyst Space Technologies By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 27 March 2024 A robotic servicing vehicle will rendezvous with a military satellite and attach an imaging payload WASHINGTON — In a mission targeted
Image: Mars Daily stock illustration By Sarah Knapton, Published by The Telegraph, 27 March 2024 Prof Lord Martin Rees suggests it is easier to solve climate change on Earth than escape to another planet Elon Musk is harbouring a “dangerous illusion” that a colony can be established on Mars, the Astronomer Royal
By Nick Paton Walsh, Alex Marquardt, Florence Davey-Attlee and Kosta Gak Published by CNN, 26 March 2024 CNN — Ukrainian front-line troops say they are experiencing connection problems with the vital Starlink internet service, owned by Elon Musk and used to run Kyiv’s fleet of attack drones, while also reporting an
NASA has awarded funds to Austin, Texas-based ICON, to develop construction technologies that could help build landing pads, habitats, and roads on the Moon using local lunar resources. (Image credit: ICON/BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group) By Ian Sample, Published by The Guardian, 25 March 2024 Fears raised that prime lunar locations for
Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity underneath its carrier plane during a free flight over New Mexico on April 26, 2023. (Image credit: Virgin Galactic) By Passant Rabie, Published by Gizmodo, 25 March 2024 The aerospace company is accusing Virgin Galactic of unlawfully using Boeing's proprietary information for a mothership design. There’s
New Zealand’s Government Communications Security Bureau facility in Waihopai. (Schutz, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0) By Mick Hall, Published by Consortium News, 25 March 2024 New Zealand’s public should be deeply concerned over revelations its security state facilitated a suspected U.S. intelligence operation capable of supporting military actions for nearly
Umbra imagery from its tandem pair of Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites. The company says operating satellites in a cluster formation offers distinctive phenomenology that could be applied to moving target indication techniques. Credit: Umbra By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 23 March 2024 As the U.S. military looks to
By Ashish Dangwal, Published by The Eurasian Times, 23 March 2024 According to the US Air Force think tank, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is training its satellite operators for on-orbit satellite refueling, a crucial capability for managing space logistics in both peacetime and wartime scenarios. This revelation, disclosed in a report
